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    Will Lauri be traded on or before draft day?

    No. I've been saying for past two seasons Lauri will be traded earliest at 2026 trade deadline. Now that he had a bad season I'm even more certain about that. Originally my thought process was they want to see his fit with the 2025 pick and see if the new piece is a massively NBA ready and soon...
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    All-Defensive team. Hmmmm ….

    Ahh... Well I'll be damned. I thought they have lost their mind and was so in the zone of recliner of rage, I completely forgot to check that out before lashing out!
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    All-Defensive team. Hmmmm ….

    What the actual F is this? Where is Caruso? These people voting these things are such casuals, lmao. Alex's on/off ratings are insane. He single handedly can enter into the game and completely turn around 10 point deficit by his contagious effort and energy. Dude can ball deny ducking Nikola...
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    The Jazz have found their magic formula to build.

    I think some of them stays if they can't sell Lauri with the price Danny hopes for. They can't be trading all the other vets while keeping Lauri, bc it most probably means there's only a low change of his value going up on becoming season vs. increased chance of the value of that asset getting...
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    Has our future position gotten better, worse, or stayed the same since trading Rudy/Donovan?

    Worse. They didnt tank properly from the go, and then Ainge helped Wolves become better by trading Conley there to stabilize them. Worsening those Wolves assets. I give D- for Ainge.
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    Game Thread NBA Draft Lottery - May 12, 2025

    The only wày I will believe in fair lottery is 1000 ping pong balls in a lotto machine, with a live stream and so we see the amount of balls match the odds. They don't do it bc it makes fixing practically impossible.
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    Why the Jazz were so bad defensively?

    This isn't very hard. Already mentioned earlier the sad fact of either small or just very bad defenders running point (Sexton, JC, George). Their ball security isn't very good..Lots of turnovers creates transition buckets. Add the fact how guys like JC or George mostly haven't even tried to stop...
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    Why the Jazz were so bad defensively?

    Jazz has historically bad back court defenders, what else could happen? It's all on purpose. They traded away the only really good one in Kris Dunn. Clarkson, Sexton, George that has gotten tons of minutes in these tanking seasons are all god awful defenders and too small as well. E: And yeah...
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    Project Hail Mary

    I've always wrote the endings of my novels as the first thing. Yes, they might have seen minor tweaks after I wrote down the rest of the story. But it helps a lot to make sure the ending is well done and draws the story together. I suspect the author's that have poor endings, just go with the...
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    Project Hail Mary

    Anytime I read something is "fantastic" or "mind blown", I end up being disappointed, bc people have already "pre-blown" my mind and it can't be re-blown quite easily.
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    Will Hardy Extension

    I like this extension. Offensively, I think he can be a good coach. Defensively, it's really hard to judge bc of two factors: firstly, Jazz has been tanking either half the season or the whole season all his time with Jazz, and secondly, Jazz have had awful guard pairings defensively. Clarkson...
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    2025 Playoffs Chat & Chill Thread

    It's also something I worry about my homie Lauri, when he finally makes the playoffs in some point. If games go to lot of half court plays and there's less room than in regular season, aside his 3pt shot, there will be issues unless he improves his handle.
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    Last good song you listened to?

    Here's one of our finest blues artists. Jantso recently won European blues challenge 2025 in solo/duo category with his set. View: https://youtu.be/XXGbfhcOQCY?si=Bq4B0uT24SCWZAKN
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    Last good song you listened to?

    This is a Finnish song about the destruction we leave behind to our one Earth, as the species we are. The direct translation of the title is "The Time of The human" View: https://youtu.be/KAnoeWbsKG4?si=P_USpxgh-ijWiteE
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    Trade for Giannis?

    I say no. Jazz would have to give up too much. It's not easy to win even with Gianni's, unless your 8-9 deep rotation won't be competitive enough.
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